The Mission de la Quintera (aka Mesa
Grande Mission) was abandoned in 1914, two years after the advent of WWI. It
continued to operate as a monastery for wayward Native Americans in the region.
The 'Mission' was actually built by Chinese workers hired to toil in the
Himalaya or Tourmaline mines as they were more commonly referred to for a time.
At one point the allies of WWI actually attempted to create a new
high speed bullet using the Tourmaline gemstone but efforts failed. The gems
cracked when using only 125 grain gun powder. The cemetery on the Mission
grounds is rumored to contain millions of dollars in Ming dynasty vases buried
in the cemetery area. Those who've studied the notion now believe the 'wealth'
of the area is really in it's beauty. Research on this issue, however, resulted
in a number of interesting factoids regarding the inhabitants of Mission de la
Quintera [post] WWI.

The remaining cloistered monks that
continued operating the mission failed at attempts to create substantial income
by both wine making and apple pie baking. Archived information revealed that
they actually invented an operable methanol powered single cylinder engine using
waste from apple peels! Unable to create the needed horsepower for a larger
land
vehicle, they adapted their engine to a two wheeled mocyc' (loosely translated)
which the Chinese had brought over with them as a recreational toy while taking
time off from working the mines. The engine proved successful. In fact, BMW is
said to be using the basics of this invention for the BMW1200RS.

The monks abandoned any further
attempts to create additional mocyc's using their apple peel powered methanol
engine and, it's believed, abandoned the mission about this time. Records reveal
the Monks became disenchanted with their mocyc' invention when they attempted to
create operable front suspension. The vexing, and apparently unsolvable problem
was a method wherein the mocyc' could be turned upside down to drain the front
forks of oil.

The Mission site is also the ancestral
land of the Modoc Indians, closely related to the more familiar Fukawi tribe
known to still frequent San Diego area Indian gaming casino's. While the
Missionaries were still attempting to develop their mocyc' a group of Fukawi's
stole into the Mission de la Quintera and stole the Mocyc' plans. However, it
was a moonless Julian night and what they actually fled with were useless
scribblings on a dinner napkin. Unbeknownst to the Fukawi's was that these
scribblings would turn out to be advanced plans for a downdraft carburetor,
later perfected by Mikuni. The dream of an operating mocyc, however, would not
die and eventually the Modoc Indians, working closely with the Fukawi's,
developed a cheap imitation with propulsion provided, not by fermented apple
peels but by squirrels. The machine was known as the Modoc. Yes, it's true.

Modern researchers, perusing the
shelves of the Julian library have found much valuable information in the book
"Modoc, The History of ' [Steinweg/Calibre Press, c. 1924, 2nd ed. Vol.3
c.1998]". This book makes reference to a small white male child taken prisoner
by the Fukawi's. The child found himself privy to cooperative tribal discussions
over a bowl of Peyote concerning development of a squirrel cage for use as a
power source for the Modoc. The plan was to harness the squirrels energy and
transfer it to the rear wheel via a belt made of imported rubber from India.
They never developed the plan but the white child eventually grew to manhood,
married and now researchers have discovered he was the grandfather of one of the
co-founders of Harley-Davidson! Now you know where the idea for a belt driven
motorcycle really came from. The afore mentioned Peyote ceremony continues to
this day among San Diego Wanderers but the modern form involves a ride to
Packards coffee shop in Ramona for a caffeine jolt on a ceremonial day of the
week. But we digress.

The point is, the Wanderers are all, in
one way or another, riders of modern versions of the Mocyc' turned Modoc, and
are related, as our rides often suggest, to the Modoc tribe, relatives of the
Fukawi who first developed the theory of travel in endless circles rarely
seeming to know precisely where they were. Modern day descendants are oft heard
to exclaim.......